Battle of Ichihara

Battle of Ichihara
	Part of Genpei War
	; Woodblock Print of Minamoto no Yoshinaka by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳)
Date	September 7, 1180 (Jishō calendar)
Location	"Ichihara", Shinano Province (modern day Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture)
Result	Minamoto victory
Belligerents
Minamoto clan	Taira clan
Commanders and leaders
Minamoto no Yoshinaka; Kakuhan; Murayama Yoshitada;	Kasahara Yorinao;

The Battle of Ichihara (市原合戦, Ichihara Kassen) was a battle which took place in Shinano Province on September 7, 1180 (Jishō calendar) (September 29, 1180 in the Julian calendar). It took place during the Genpei War, a civil war over control of Japan from 1180–1185. This is the first battle in which Minamoto no Yoshinaka appears in historical documents.